Pictured: Poet Jane Clarke and naturalist Richard Nairn take a walk by the Avonmore rover in Co.Wicklow in this week's Lyric Feature: Where the River Rises, Sunday 2nd February from 6-7pm
DAYBREAK WITH EVONNE FERGUSON
Marking St Brigid's Day, Imbolc and the beginning of spring, Daybreak celebrates creativity in women with choral works by composers featured on Vox Feminina II, the latest release from St. Mary's Pro Cathedral Girls' Choir including Eibhlís Farrell's Amhrán Naomh Bríghid. In Our Daily Bach, the joyful cantata Gott ist mein König (God is my King), BWV 71, written in Mühlhausen by a youthful 22 year old Johann Sebastian Bach for the inauguration of a new town council on 4 February 1708.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 1st February, 7am-10am
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
The Metropolitan Opera New York presents La Traviata
A Metropolitan Opera archive recording from 2007 selected by soprano Angel Blue sees Renée Fleming and Matthew Polenzani star in La Traviata, Verdi's classic opera about the tragic love of Violetta Valéry and Alfredo Germont
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 1st February, 7pm-10pm
VESPERTINE WITH ELLEN CRANITCH
St. Brigid at last has her own holiday, and I'll be exploring some music inspired by this legendary and beloved icon. Herald the start of spring, a new beginning, and the lengthening of days, with music by Susan McKeown, Mary Coughlan, Caitlín McGabhain, Landless, and Donnacha Dennehy's Bridget played by flute player extraordinaire, Lina Andonovska. Celebrate a nature and light-filled St. Brigid's Day on Vespertine.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 1st February, 10pm-1am
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
Palestrina, how fair thou art! A gorgeous sentiment, and the title of a CD by the King's Singers, and also the connecting thread that winds through this morning's Vox Nostra. Vlad brings to the fore all things Palestrina: sacred music and secular, instrumental explorations and improvisations, and of course, the amazing polyphony which made Palestrina so renowned in his time and in ours. Recordings by The Sixteen, The Tallis Scholars, Hilliard Ensemble, and many others will bring this monumental composer to life on the eve of the 500th anniversary of his birth.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 2nd February, 7am-10am
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Where the River Rises
The poet Jane Clarke has been living in County Wicklow for around thirty years. In that time, she has grown to know and love the Avonmore River. In Where the River Rises Jane walks the banks of the river in the company of naturalists and historians and teases out the story of the river's past and its possible futures through conversation, observation and reflection in poetry. Contributors include naturalist Richard Nairn, conservationist Hugh McLindon, ecologist Faith Wilson, archaeologist Chris Corlett and Jean Costelloe former curator of the Avondale House and Estate. Throughout the programme Jane reads poems which celebrate the nature of the Avonmore River, describe its fragility, and celebrate efforts being made to protect and restore it.
Where the River Rises is a Rockfinch production funded by Coimisiún na Meán's Sound and Vision Broadcasting funding scheme and by RTÉ with the Television Licence Fee.
Produced by Claire Cunningham
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 2nd February, 6pm-7pm
DAYBREAK WITH EVONNE FERGUSON
Marking the St Brigid's Bank Holiday weekend Daybreak celebrates creativity in women with choral works by composers featured on St. Mary's Pro Cathedral Girls' Choir's Vox Feminina (2019), and in celebration of spring we enjoy Chamber Choir Ireland performing Ernest John Morean's Songs of Springtime. In Our Daily Bach Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin) and Edgar Meyer (bass) combine their creative forces and their huge admiration for Bach in a reimaging of Bach's Trio Sonata no.6 in G Major, BWV 530
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 3rd February, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
George Hamilton presents today's Full Score and in our concert Sakari Oramo conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in a programme that opens with a trip to the south as we hear Verdi's overture to La forza del destino. Janine Jensen premieres Britta Byström's Shortening Days for violin and orchestra and we'll hear Elgar's 2nd Symphony.
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Britta Byström: Shortening Days for violin and orchestra
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Op. 63
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Janine Jansen (violin)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 3rd February, 1pm-4pm
Photo credit | Lukas Beck
NIALL CARROLL'S CLASSICAL DAYTIME
Niall Carroll plays music from the heart of the classical repertoire with Sounds on Screen, a piece from either the big or the small screen at 11am, and at midday each day Niall chooses his Five of a Kind. This week Niall chooses five pieces by Enrique Granados.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 4th February, 10am-1pm
LORCAN MURRAY’S CLASSIC DRIVE
Lorcan brings you the perfect musical soundtrack wherever you are, sharing a feast of music with both the curious and the knowledgeable. Lorcan's Pick of the Week is Freddie De Tommaso's new EP 'Puccini', recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Ed Gardner. Plus the latest news and sports updates plus tips for what's on where you are.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 4th February, 4pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Join us for the last in our series of Winter Lunchtime Concerts with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as we broadcast live from Studio 1 in the RTÉ Radio Centre. Mia Cooper will direct the orchestra from the violin in a programme that includes Haydn's Military Symphony and Vivaldi's Piccolo Concerto. Emma Roche is the newly appointed second flute and piccolo player, and the orchestra are celebrating her appointment by showcasing one of Vivaldi's best loved piccolo concertos.
Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Mozart: Seraglio Overture
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C
Mozart: March of the Priests
Haydn: Military Symphony
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Director: Mia Cooper
Emma Roche, piccolo
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 5th February, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Mairéad Hickey's remarkable Pirosmani Quartet perform our concert today, courtesy of the National String Quartet Foundation. They open with Mozart's charming D major Quartet K.575, the first of his three quartets written for the cellist King of Prussia. Alongside her stellar career as a classical violinist, Mairéad has also won eight world Irish fiddle titles and there could be no-one better to present Dave Flynn's stunning trad-classical crossover quartet, The Cranning. Dvorak's G major quartet is one of his most joyful and memorable works, sure to leave you singing all the way home. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Mozart: String Quartet in D major K.575
Dave Flynn: The Cranning
Dvorak: String Quartet in G major Op.106
Pirosmani Quartet
Mairéad Hickey, violin
William Hagen, violin
Natanael Ferreira, viola
Aleksey Shadrin, cello
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 6th February, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
Aedín includes some great recordings from Madeleine Peyroux and of saxophonist Jess Gillam ahead of their concerts in Ireland. We'll hear a piece for guitar and orchestra by the Welsh contemporary composer Stephen Goss from a recently released triple album entitled Landscape and Memory featuring guitarist John Wiliams with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. An interesting release from The Dionysus Ensemble of a previously unknown piece by William Herschel, and vocals from Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald and Tolü Makay.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 7th February, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Paul Herriott presents live from the stage of the National Concert Hall as the National Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Aoife Miskelly and tenor Robin Tritschler for a performance of Mozart's Requiem with David Brophy conducting.
David Fennessy: Bodies
Arvo Pärt: Berliner Messe
Mozart: Requiem
National Symphony Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)
Aoife Miskelly (soprano)
Gemma Ní Bhriain (mezzo-soprano)
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
Milan Siljanov (bass-baritone)
National Symphony Chorus
David Young (choral director)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 7th February, 7pm-10pm
